Joseph Paelinck, Self-Portrait
Harvey, 1937.575 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Joseph Paelinck

Self-Portrait

c. 1812

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
89 × 69.3 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-109867

Born in a small village in Belgium, Paelinck attended a local drawing academy as a youth. His skill earned him a scholarship to study in Paris where he worked with Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), the leading French neoclassical master and official court painter of Napoleon I. Paelinck later moved to Rome to study ancient art firsthand and to participate in the city's lively international art scene. Paelinck's attire shows him as a dandy, wearing fashionable, subtly colored clothes. Over his black suit, he wears a box-coat—a garment having a wide, velvet collar originally associated with coac…

Provenance

Harvey, 1937.575

Registry history

  • c. 1812 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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